Safekeeper gives parents more control over their kid's online time

If you parent a teen, you've seen "the look". You try to get them to turn off the computer, the TV, the video games...you hear "In a minute". You say "Now!".

Then you get the look...the look of push back.

Many parents want to limit their children's time on the Internet -- especially for their tweens and teens. However, parents often don't know how to do it without yelling, nagging or asking over and over to them to turn off the computer.

Safekeeper can help.

In a new national study released yesterday by the University of Southern California, 21 percent of parents (1 in 5) believe their kids are online too long (a 90% increase since 2000). About 80 percent of the children say the Internet is important for schoolwork, three-quarters of the parents say grades have not gone up or down since they got Internet access.

Read that again.

More parents think their kids are online too long.

Most parents say the Internet is important...yet most also say the Internet has had no impact on grades.

Some might think if the Internet is not yielding positive results for grades, then that is a negative impact on grades.

Just think about the "extra/too much" time kids spend online daily instead of studying, reading or doing homework. YouTube. Emailing viral videos. Downloading music. Or worse -- adult content. None of which helps grades.

So, what's a parent to do?

Argue, yell, discipline, punish...whatever a parent can do.

The USC study did say that 47% of parents say they have withheld Internet use as a form of punishment. But what if that still doesn't fix the problem?

Safekeeper can help. Safekeeper can limit when and how much time your kids can be online. And working parents can even make usage approval changes from the office when special needs arise. Customizing usage approval for your kids is quick and simple.

Best of all, parents may find less yelling and screaming to get the kids off the computer.

Because, as a parent, you get to decide your kid's computer usage...by using Safekeeper's easy-to-use, award-winning online software, the computer user is logged off when time has elapsed.

Safekeeper gives parents more control of the children's online time and usage. Download a free 14-day trial now.